Civil War Medallion
Military Service: "Private, Carolina Rangers, Company B, 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Phillip was born on September 11, 1826, to Andrew and Magdalene Hedrick Koontz. Phillip worked as a farmer, and, on June 9, 1849, he married Sevele M. Sowers. Phillip and Sevele would have six children, Sylvester (1850), Meshack (1852), Spruce (1854), Mary (1857), Cicero B. (1859), and Andrew J. (1862), before Phillip enlisted on December 19, 1862. He was reported present until he was sent on a horse detail in Septmeber-October 1863. Phillip was wounded twice, in May 1864, and at Nance's Shop, Virginia, on June 25, 1864. He was furloughed from a Richmond, Virginia, hospital on August 17, 1864. Phillip returned home where he and Sevele would have one more child before her death in 1865: Virginia (1865). Phillip married Catharine Taylor on August 10, 1865. Phillip and Catharine moved to Lane, Kansas, where they would have seven children: Phillip (1866), Hilllary E. (1869), Lula B. (1871), Minnie H. and Henry (1872), Wade Hampton (1875), and Harry C. (1880). Phillip lived in Kansas until his death on November 20, 1889. He is buried in the Lane Quaker Cemetery, Lane, Kansas."
[The Civil War Roster of Davidson County, North Carolina, by Christopher M. Watford]

News Clipping: "SAD ACCIDENT Another sad accident occurred at the farm of J. H. Clary, four miles southeast of the city, on Wednesday. Mr. Clary had recently completed a cave cellar and on Wednesday, supposing the walls had become sufficiently dry to permit the taking down of the bracing he, with with (sic) an old gentleman by the name of P.H. Koontz, went down in the cave for that purpose. When the bracing was taken down the top of the arch fell leaving the walls on either side. The weight of the earth, stone, etc., was several tons and death must have followed instantly. Mrs. Clary gave the alarm and neighbors came. The work of getting the bodies out took over an hour. Clary was on one side and Kountz on the other, both crushed and lifeless. Mr. Koontz was a well known citizen who stood high in the estimation of neighbors. He leaves a family. Mr. Clary was deservedly popular with every one who knew him. His wife, who is the daughter of Jacob Myers, of Pekin, Illinois, has gone with the body for burial at her father's home. Her grief is indeed, distressing." [Western Spirit, Paola, Miami Co., KS, 22 Nov 1889]